Kikwete pledges fair trial for pirates

President Jakaya Kikwete has said that the government of Tanzania will, invariably, carry out fair trial for suspected Somali pirates arrested in the Indian Ocean. Kikwete pledges fair trial for pirates President ...

Somali Pirate King Retires

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia's most notorious pirate leaders, has announced his retirement. Somali pirate king-pin 'Afweyne' retires One of Somalia's most notorious pirate leaders who terrorised vast areas of the ...

Pirate Archaeology

Archaeologists in Panama have begun the search for the ships of Captain Henry Morgan, a legendary English pirate who defeated Spanish imperial forces in the seventeenth century before pillaging the ...

Fishing Without Nets

The Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival went to FISHING WITHOUT NETS, directed by Cutter Hodierne, and co-written by Hodierne and John Hibey. An epic ...

Turning the Tide on Piracy

The House of Lords EU Committee for External Affairs has today praised the success of Operation Atalanta in curbing piracy off the Somali coast. However, they say that the operation must be ...

Counter Piracy Support

  UAE stresses full support to counter piracy off the Coast of Somalia   In this respect, the UAE Conference gained consensus on two key areas for the international effort to ...

Sailors’ Welfare

A leading Bollywood star has called for a film to be made to highlight the plight of seafarers who are victims of piracy. Leading Actor Shines a Light on Sailors' Welfare Inaugurating ...

Landmark Trial

A dramatic turning point took place in the Rebibbia courtroom bunker during the third hearing of the trial against the alleged Somali pirates last week. Gerry Northwood, commander of HMS ...

SA Couple Freed

Bruno Pelizzari and Debbie Calitz, kidnapped by Somali pirates 20 months ago, have been freed and flew out of Somalia today. Armed pirates hijacked their yacht Choizil in October 2010 as it was about ...

Blending In

June usually marks the arrival of the monsoon season. Characterized by rains, winds and rough seas, the navigation of skiffs and dhows becomes very difficult restricting access to fishing grounds. ...
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